A spooky holiday.

Hallo meine Lieben,

hope you are enjoying your weekend! Halloween is by far my favorite holiday of the year, I love everything about it. Plus nobody kills innocent turkeys for this holiday. Which is why I decided to share some of my favorite spooky items with you. 

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Vegan Halloween candy.

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I love the fact that there is such a wide variety of vegan products out there now. You can even get vegan Halloween candy which makes the holiday even more special. I mean, everybody loves candy. 

Count Cat-cula sweater.

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A sweater with a black bat-cat. I don't think I need to say more. 

Bat tights.

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I guess it is not a secret how much I love bats so these are perfect. And they keep your feet warm which is always a plus for me.

Edgar Allen Poe tote. 

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It's always a good time to read Edgar Allen Poe but I guess Halloween is perfect. 

A bat on a branch. 

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Because it's a bat and because it looks cool. Enough said. 

Gluten free and vegan mummy cookies. 

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Because cookies that look like mummies taste even better. 

A feline dress. 

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It is a dress and there are black cats on it (and some white ones). So I love it. 

Bat socks. 

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I really really like bats. 

Halloween movies. 

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Including Addams Family, Idle Hands, Halloween (duh), Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Casper, The Corpse Bride, Friday the 13th, Monster House, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Frankenweenie, ....

Costumes.

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Dressing up is so much fun. 

Anything pumpkin. 

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I cannot even describe how much I want to try this. I love pumpkin and pumpkin body butter sounds perfect to me. 

What do you love about Halloween? 

Random Thursday. My favorite Easter traditions.

Hallo meine Lieben,

welcome to another Random Thursday with Lin, Em and me! We hope you will have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Well, let me start with the bad: I am obviously not a fan of some things that come with Easter because Easter means a lot of animal cruelty. Did you know that male chickens get shredded alive immediately because they are not useful for the egg industry? Horrible and sad but true. Sometimes they get gassed or killed in another cruel way. And all the chickens who have to live in factory farms to produce all the Easter eggs? It is just terrible and needs to stop. 

One thing I will never forget about my childhood Easter is searching for candy in our garden. My parents and grandparents always hid surprised for me and it was my highlight so go searching for them on Easter Sunday. No matter if it was snowing or raining or I don't know what. That is a tradition I will never forget and I definitely want to keep that alive. 

My two Easter bunnies Tiffie and Findus will definitely get some extra cuddles on Easter. I mean, they are the Easter VIB's (Very Important Bunny). 

What is your favorite Easter tradition? 

Random Thursday. What the Holidays mean to me.

Hallo meine Lieben,

welcome to another Random Thursday and thanks for reading. I hope you are all having a wonderful time and are getting ready for Christmas. Do you have all your presents?

First of all, I have to say that Christmas kind of lost its magic after my Mom died. I don't know, I just did not want to celebrate anymore. I did not care for decoration, a Christmas tree or anything else. Sure, I spent Christmas Eve with my Dad and we gave each other presents and cooked something together but that was pretty much it. We just did not want to celebrate without my Mom because it wasn't the same without her. 

But David changed the way I see Christmas...I loved to celebrate my first Christmas with him and his family. I am still not a Christmas freak and I still miss my Mom like crazy but I do get a little bit of a Christmas mood once in a while and I am so happy that I can celebrate Christmas with David and my Dad this year.

There are things that just make the Holiday season special.

Christmas cookies for example. I love to bake Christmas cookies. And to eat them of course. I did not really find the time to make as many as I planned this year but I will try to make my Mom's favorite Christmas cookies on Friday. Finally. I have been planning to bake them for weeks. But Christmas cookies are a very important part. You just have to eat some during the Holidays. 

I also love to remember my Mom during the Holidays. I always remember her but holidays are extra special. When I was a kid my Mom and I always decorated the Christmas tree together on Christmas Eve. After that we started preparing dinner, Fondue at first but when I stopped eating meat we switched to Raclette as a Christmas dinner. Which we will have this year too. Thank god for vegan cheese. 

And I am a huge fan of Christmas candles. I love candles all year round but I do have a little weakness for the Christmas themed ones. I recently bought some which smell like Christmas cookies, vanilla chai, salted caramel and marshmallows. Heavenly!

Christmas movies also play an important role. I watch The Holiday and Love Actually and Dirty Dancing -which is a Christmas movie for me, I don't know why but it makes me feel christmassy-  every year. I will also try to watch some other Christmas movies this year.

The Holidays also give me time to start reading the books I usually get as Christmas gifts. Reading is definitely the best thing to do over the holidays because of the cozy atmosphere. 

And of course: I love to surprise my loved ones with some gifts and extra attention. And we should not forget the ones who need our help. There is so much we can do....

What do the holidays mean to you?

Ten On Tuesday. Cookie monster, slow mail and book love.

Hallo meine Lieben,

happy Tuesday! You can link up with Alyssa here.

1. A mouse decorating a Christmas tree. Cuteness overload.







2. I am impatiently waiting for some packages to arrive. The mail can be veeery slow sometimes. 

3. I am also hoping that some stuff I sent will arrive soon! Come on, mail! Hurry up! I am always worried that my mail could get lost. 

4. I am looking forward to a wonderful Christmas with my love! So excited to be able to spend some time with David in Europe!

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5. I haven't watched any Christmas movies yet but I am planning to watch The Holiday and Love Actually and Dirty Dancing soon. Like every holidays. I don't know why I like to watch Dirty Dancing at Christmas time because that movie clearly has nothing to do with Christmas but it does feel christmassy to me. 

6. My latest food addiction is: brussel sprouts. I have no idea why I am craving this recently but I feel like eating it all day. Maybe except at breakfast time. Then I want to eat vanilla pudding.

7. I am a cookie monster too.

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8. I need to make something like this for the cats. What a fantastic idea.

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9. There will be a new Indriðason crime novel in January! I am so excited, I can't even tell you. There are so many books on my reading list and all of them make me happy when I even think about them. Having books you can't wait to read is such a fantastic feeling. 

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10. I am thinking about doing a book challenge in 2014. I am just not sure how many books I will be able to read. If i would have nothing else to do then I would try to read one book a day but I guess that is not very realistic. 

Have a fantastic Tuesday! Only one more week until Christmas!

Thanks for reading!